Psychologist Jeffrey Arnett relates emerging adulthood, substance abuse
By Georgia Parke | March 22, 2013From the ages of 18 to 25, substance abuse occurs because of a period of freedom and lack of concrete obligations.
From the ages of 18 to 25, substance abuse occurs because of a period of freedom and lack of concrete obligations.
Stuart Pimm is a species extinction expert who discourages species revival or de-extinction.
Overall patient volume and revenue at DUHS have fallen in the past fiscal year.
Duke will replace streetlights with energy-efficient lightbulbs.
Researchers may soon find a genetic reason for the existence of psychopaths.
Automatic federal budget cuts triggered Friday may pose a threat to funding for some areas of Duke research.
Clinical psychologist Eric Stice suggested using dissonance theory to help combat a dangerous obsession with thinness.
At the Nicolelis lab, scientists have connected the brains of two rats over a long distance, creating an artificial communication channel.
The South Sudanese ambassador is spending time at Duke to help find ways to improve food security in South Sudan.
The neurology division of the School of Medicine will become its own department this summer.
McCall Smith has written more than 60 books, several collections of short stories and the “No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” series.
Adults who were bullied as children may have a higher risk of developing psychiatric disorders and depression.
Aston Martin’s Rapide S sports car is the latest design to make use of the ancient golden ratio, which mechanical engineering professor Adrian Bejan said confers a natural sense of beauty and speed.
Students and administrators are collaborating to increase awareness as part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
Duke’s coolest building just got even cooler.
The team of neuroprosthetics researchers mounted an infrared camera on the head of a rat and connected it to the somatosensory cortex of the brain
Aphrodisiacs—substances that boost libido—have been speculated to be more mental than physical.
A team of Duke undergraduates working with the Nowicki Lab created a lifelike robotic sparrow to test a theory of angry bird behavior.
Norovirus, a highly communicable stomach virus responsible for millions of cases of gastroenteritis annually, has been found in several outbreak locations throughout North Carolina.
After 73 years scattered throughout the Duke Medicine campus, medical students finally have a home.